“The Postcard,” a novel by the French author Anne Berest, opens on a snowy morning in a Parisian suburb: “My mother lit her first lung-charring cigarette of the morning, the one she enjoyed most, and ...

French writer and actress Anne Berest’s autobiographical novel “The Postcard” begins in 2003 in a Paris suburb, when her family receives a mysterious, anonymous postcard addressed to M. Bouveris. The ...

Alan Ball sent the postcard to his family during the summer of 1953. Last week, it arrived at his home in Idaho. By Hannah Ziegler In 1953, during his first trip away from his Illinois home, Alan Ball ...

A postcard mailed from the United Nations headquarters in New York arrived at the post office in Ottawa, Illinois, in August. It would have been unremarkable, except it had been postmarked at 8 p.m. — ...

While postcards are a great way to tell someone you're thinking of them on a trip, they're one of those nostalgic items that haven't changed since your grandmother was writing cursive and carefully ...

How many handwritten letters and personal postcards did you send this year to friends and family? How many have you received? We're in a world where billions will log on to social media and chat apps ...